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| I am Going to School |
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Your child is about to experience his first day in school but somehow, he is not too eager to leave his safe cocoon. Here are a few suggestions to help your child get over those first day blues...
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| Toilet Training |
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Do you have a child who is going to begin preschool? If yes, you need to make sure that your child is toilet trained.
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| The Kindergarten Entrance Age Dilemma |
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Educators usually recommend that children born during the summer months be given an extra year so that they do not suffer from the academic disadvantages of being among the youngest in their class.
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| Getting Ready for School |
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Your first contact with your child's teacher is probably the most important. You have to build a rapport and develop a relationship of trust with her.
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| Picking out a Preschool |
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Choosing a preschool for your child is not for the faint hearted. By the time a child is two or three, he's ready for more social interaction than most home situations can provide.
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| The Saga of School Admissions |
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Parents get nightmares just thinking about it. The thought of being tested, interviewed and judged, so many years after escaping that ordeal in school, is enough to drive most moms and dads to the nearest counsellor. An anecdotal tale on the annual ritual of school admissions.
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| Wiser by the Day |
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For parents it is not enough to buy their child expensive encyclopaedias. They must be willing partners in the quest to learn from their surroundings as well.
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| Glory Days |
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Little by little, the wonder of childhood seems to be creeping away from children who are sucked into the industrial system of schooling from day one - right from admission time.
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| Is Your Child Suffering from Stress? |
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Students, even those who normally do well in school fare very badly in exams. And it is worse during Board exams. Psychologists are now looking at an important factor: stress. Dr. Archana Dogra analyses Stress.
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| It's quality that matters |
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In the hustle and rush of the modern world, how much time do parents give their children? Do they have time to listen to the child's problems, share anxieties? Venu Arora talks to some parents and children. Plus an activity page including a soul-searching exercise for parents. Find out how many of you spend quality time with your children.
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| Technology in Primary Classrooms |
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Primary teachers often feel there is very little they can do to integrate technology into their curriculum. This is absolutely not the case, says VaReane Heese, a teacher in the US.
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| Primary Students on the Web |
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When our district was considering a technology adoption, one school board member was definitely for the purchase of computers, but against placing anything but the older equipment at the primary level, recounts VaReane Heese, a teacher in the US.
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| Checklists for Children's Science Activities |
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Educationists Wynne Harlen and Jos Elstgeest provide a means of self-evaluation for primary school teachers. They present three check-lists relating to children's science activities, their way of engaging with the activities, and the teacher's actions and interaction with the children.
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| The Language of a Child |
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Children's use of language is closely related to the things they do with their hands and bodies and the objects they come in contact with. Words and action go together in childhood, writes eminent educationist, Professor Krishna Kumar.
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| The Tantrum Girl |
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Building a rapport with a thunder and lightning three-year-old is not easy - but it is not impossible either, for a teacher.
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